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March 1, 2007 - Giuliani Widens Lead Over Clinton In New Jersey,
Quinnipiac University Poll Finds;
Front-Runners Widen Lead In Dem, GOP Primaries

Widening his lead in the 2008 presidential race in New Jersey, former New York City
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani tops New York Sen. Hillary Clinton 50 - 41 percent, according
to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Arizona Sen. John McCain ties Sen.
Clinton 45 - 45 percent.

This compares to a 48 - 41 percent Giuliani lead over Clinton in a January 25 New
Jersey poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University. In that survey,
McCain had 44 percent to Clinton's 43 percent.

In this latest survey, independent voters back Giuliani 55 - 34 percent over Clinton;
Giuliani also gets 91 percent of Republicans and 15 percent of Democrats. In a McCain-
Clinton matchup, independents back the Republican 50 - 37 percent; McCain also gets 83
percent of Republicans and 10 percent of Democrats.

In other possible 2008 matchups:

Giuliani tops Obama 50 - 39 percent;

Obama edges McCain 45 - 41 percent.

"It's still early in the 2008 presidential race, but Rudy Giuliani, the mayor next
door and hero of 9/11, has hit the 50 percent mark in New Jersey, widening his lead over
Sen. Clinton and leaving Sen. McCain in the dust in a Republican primary matchup," said
Clay F. Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

"As an almost favorite son, Giuliani is threatening to turn normally Democratic
New Jersey from blue to red, but no one should count Sen. Clinton out this early,"
Richards added.

In a Democratic primary matchup, Clinton gets 41 percent, with 19 percent for
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, 10 percent for former Vice President Al Gore, 5 percent for
former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards and 3 percent for Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden.

Giuliani leads a Republican primary with 58 percent, followed by McCain with 15
percent, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich with 5 percent and former Massachusetts
Gov. Mitt Romney with 2 percent.

42 - 11 percent for Obama, with 45 percent who haven't heard enough to form an
opinion.

President Bush's Approval

New Jersey voters disapprove 70 - 26 percent of the job President George W. Bush
is doing, tying his lowest score ever in the Garden State. By a 71 - 23 percent margin,
voters say the country is on the wrong track.

Voters disapprove 75 - 22 percent of the President's handling of the war in Iraq
and say 64 - 32 percent that going to war in Iraq was the wrong thing to do.

Voters oppose 69 - 28 percent the President's plan to send 22,000 more U.S.
military forces into Iraq.

From February 20 - 25, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,302 New Jersey voters
with a margin of error of +/- 2.7 percentage points. The survey includes 405 Republicans,
with a margin of error of +/- 4.9 percentage points, and 454 Democrats with a margin of
error of +/- 4.6 percentage points.

The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public
opinion surveys in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio and
nationally as a public service and for research.
For more data -- http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x271.xml, or call (203) 582-5201.

1. (If registered Democrat) If the 2008 Democratic primary for President were
being held today, and the candidates were Al Gore, Tom Vilsack, Joe Biden,
John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Chris Dodd,
Wesley Clark and Dennis Kucinich for whom would you vote?

TREND: (If registered Democrat) If the 2008 Democratic primary for President were
being held today and the candidates were Al Gore, Tom Vilsack, Joe Biden,
John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Chris Dodd,
Wesley Clark and Dennis Kucinich, for whom would you vote? (na = not asked)